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Matt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he’s been tapped to lead.

Gaetz pick shows value Trump places on loyalty — and retribution — as he returns to Washington

Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations

Trump’s mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies — and worry China

Food prices worried most voters, but Trump’s plans likely won’t lower their grocery bills

Key figures in the new administration

Things to know about Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for secretary of state

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BRENDAN FARRINGTON

What to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to serve as defense secretary

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What to know about John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for CIA director

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What to know about Kristi Noem, Trump’s pick for Homeland Security secretary

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REBECCA SANTANA

Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, has long called himself a Zionist

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ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON

Trump picks a pair of experienced advisers motivated to carry out his immigration crackdown

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ELLIOT SPAGAT

Trump asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China hawk, to be his national security adviser

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LISA MASCARO, LOLITA C. BALDOR

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations

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JILL COLVIN, FARNOUSH AMIRI, EDITH M. LEDERER

Who is Susie Wiles, Donald Trump’s new White House chief of staff?

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FILE - The Capitol is seen in Washington, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.

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Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber

Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year

Trump picks Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Marco Rubio for secretary of state

Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

Senators react to Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general

As Democratic senators want a House Ethics Committee report on former congressman Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, to be released, Republicans say they will give him a fair hearing. (AP video: Rick Gentilo, produced by Serkan Gurbuz)

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New York races to revive Manhattan tolls intended to fight traffic before Trump can block them

Palestinians in the West Bank reflect on Donald Trump’s election win

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Ukraine soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay but brace for Trump taking over in US

Analyst believes India not among countries left nervous after Trump’s election victory

Republicans complete election sweep by retaining House control

AP VoteCast

Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris.

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AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House

Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons

AP VoteCast: How Donald Trump built a winning 2024 coalition

How 5 key groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

AP VoteCast: Voters who focused on the economy broke hard for Trump

AP VoteCast: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration

How AP VoteCast works, and how it’s different from an exit poll

Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish

Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January.

Democratic state leaders prepare for a tougher time countering Trump in his second term

What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go

Trump’s second term is clouding the outlook for mortgage rates

Trump has promised to ‘save TikTok’. What happens next is less clear

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Fighting conspiracy theories with comedy? That’s what the Onion hopes after its purchase of Infowars

It seemed like bad satire, or yet another conspiracy theory. The comic website the Onion buys Alex Jones’ misinformation empire, Infowars, at a bankruptcy auction?

What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has picked a prominent vaccine skeptic to lead the nation’s sprawling public health apparatus. Robert F.

Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

What are recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.

Rand Paul wants to bring back Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy as a Senate chair

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is preparing to lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

What Republicans are saying about Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, including cautious reservation, praise and pointed criticism.

New York races to revive Manhattan tolls intended to fight traffic before Trump can block them

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has revived a plan to impose a toll on drivers entering Manhattan’s central district as a way to reduce congestion and raise billions for the city’s ailing public transit system, but at a lower price tag.

Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue.

Biden heads to international summits in Peru and Brazil as world leaders brace for Trump presidency

President Joe Biden is beginning a six-day visit to Peru and Brazil for the final major international summits of his presidency.

Top Federal Reserve official defends central bank’s independence in wake of Trump win

A Federal Reserve official has given a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence.

Head of UN’s nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump’s return raise worries

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller” over Iran’s advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House.

Liberals pressure Senate Democrats to confirm more Biden judges while they can

Demand Justice, a progressive organization focused on the judiciary, is set to bombard Capitol Hill with a message for the closing weeks of the 118th Congress: Do “whatever it takes” to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees as a second Donald Trump presidency looms.

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US

Ukrainian soldiers on the front know that the reelection of Donald Trump will change their lives, but most say that they can’t afford to lose focus on their more urgent mission: holding back Russian forces.

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

More than 1 million migrants are living and working legally in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status. They are from 17 countries that the U.S. has deemed unsafe.

India’s Modi likely to find comfort in Trump’s return and a shared worldview

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mississippi governor intent on income tax cut even if states receive less federal money

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he will push lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even if federal spending is slashed during Donald Trump’s second term as president.

Special counsel Smith asks court to pause appeal seeking to revive Trump’s classified documents case

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a court to pause prosecutors’ appeal seeking to revive the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of the Republican’s presidential victory.

Flurry of contract deals come as railroads, unions see Trump’s election looming over talks

The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago.

What to know about Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick to serve as attorney general

In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist — who has been seen as divisive even within his own party — over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned for the nation’s top federal pro

Elon Musk says he and Trump have ‘mandate to delete’ regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is not the first time an American president has empowered a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations.

What to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

Trump promises to turn Washington upside down. He’s being welcomed back anyway

There were no protests on the streets as Donald Trump returned to Washington. He visited the nation’s capital on Wednesday, a week after emerging victorious in the presidential election.

Donald Trump’s return to Washington in 10 photos

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday as president-elect where he headed to the White House for the first time in four years.

The United Nations faces uncertainty as Trump returns to US presidency

The United Nations and other international organizations are looking at new uncertainties with Donald Trump returning to the White House.

Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election

Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week.

AP VoteCast shows Trump boosted his level of support among Catholic voters

Among several blocs of religious voters, including his loyal evangelical base, Donald Trump fared roughly as well in his victory over Kamala Harris as he did in his loss to Joe Biden four years ago.

PHOTO COLLECTION: Trump Returns to Washington

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Biden and Xi will meet in Peru as US-China relations tested again by Trump’s return

President Joe Biden will hold talks this week with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru.

Dogecoin soars as Trump announces a government efficiency group nicknamed DOGE

Dogecoin has raced higher in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The cryptocurrency, whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like “much wow,” has more than doubled since Election Day.

Maine elections chief who drew Trump’s ire narrates House tabulations in livestream

Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, narrated play-by-play by the state’s elections chief.

Trump investigations tracker

See where the cases against former President Donald Trump stand

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Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors’ latest court filing

Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others

Trump in court as lawyers fight to overturn verdict in E. Jean Carroll sex abuse suit

Donald Trump’s lawyers urge New York appeals court to overturn ‘egregious’ civil fraud verdict